The other one was getting long.
Has anyone noted how three turns are the leading cause on the board for broken ankles?

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LOL! Love the title! I hope to not be in this thread much longer. My ankle is coming along nicely. Been able to do waltz and salchow jumps. Finally! I miss being in the air and landing on ice. Its an addiction. I need counseling.

My toepicks tried to kill me twice recently. I think they suddenly extended like Wolverine's claws, right in the middle of a swing roll.

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Not just 3-turns, but seems like footwork type stuff in general.

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I have yet to hear of anyone injuring more than their dignity on a jump. Just *standing* there seems to be among the most dangerous things you can do on skates.

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My former (retired) coach was standing and just fell--had to hauled to the emergency room with a cracked elbow.
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No kidding. That's how I wrecked my knees up this summer. They're better now, but it took quite awhile to heal.

Had to laugh at the thread title. Two weeks ago I was doing the back landing pattern for Bronze Moves. As I was in the back landing position, a kid came through my path. I fell on my butt, but left toe pick hit my right shin. I had 2 huge bruises - one with the perfect toe pick shaped scab in the middle where it jabbed me.

Footwork falls dangerous? Standing around doing nothing falls dangerous? Both True, but if you really want to do damage, try the dreaded bunny hop - missing your pick! Ouch!!!!

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concussion and whiplash from doing something like turning from backwards to forwards. Not really sure what happened, but didn't really control the fall well enough to stop going after I'd hit the butt.

But fully agree that 3-turns seem to be evil. I've had more falls on back inside double 3's than I'd care to remember. Although I've sometimes done more damage on those, by NOT falling than when I fall.

:: sigh :: I guess I am one of the few who have injured herself on doing OFF-ICE jumping.

"Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit..." (Of course, since Thin Ice has rabbits as pets, I have to add I meant the jump, not the animal.)

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No I know someone who sprained an ankle (bad sprain) from doing an off-ice waltz jump. And I did a mild sprain last night jumping off-ice.

I broke my foot doing a loop jump off ice. Just came down hard on the side of the foot and crack! Spent that summer in a boot cast.

Does this mean, "NOTE to self", no off-ice jumping?

I wish I could say yes to this. But doing off-ice jumping has completely enhanced my flip and loop jumps. Maybe just not so high in the air when I jump for my waltz jumps.

and how else do you practice rotational jumping to ever learn things like axels and doubles?
(although I've done a note to self, no off-ice jumping until AFTER the next competition)

Skating Divas Under the Height of 4' 2" tall. Leading cause of injuries to my kids. Especially when executing a 2A, a camel spin, or a backwards spiral.

Could you jump into a pool? It seems to be the landing of off ice jumps that is an issue, since in skating it is expected that the landing MOVES. Jumps in dance and gymnastics are designed such that the landing stays. I think that's where off-ice skating jump injuries often come in.

Or practice rotation on a trampoline. But I don't think that will replicate the feel of the entrance, nor gain the strength to get UP

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Ouch indeed! I've missed my pick before on waltz jumps and still had it turn out okay, but I've missed my pick a couple times on bunny hops and it's always been disaster.

Nope! Lost my balance during jumps on an off-ice session once and landed on my knee. OW. Had a lovely bruise. Should've left the knee pads on!

Belly-flopped trying to do a catch-foot today...it never hurts except when I land flat forward...then the fronts of my hipbones smash into the ice. OW. I need a hipbone pad! (probably wouldn't be that hard to make, really. Be sorta like a bum roll like folks wear when they dress up for Ren Fest, only worn backward)

That's how you do a bunny hop, isn't it - first you kick the bunnywabbit in the tummy, and then, when he doubles over in pain, you stomp on the back of his neck....

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My worst fall so far has been on a toe-loop where I missed putting my toe into the ice....it must have looked scary because several people came over to see if I was still alive! Hurt so bad I thought I wasn't wearing my pads (but I was). Nasty purple bruise for weeks. Next dangerous, standing around and woosh! down I went. Another time, I was clipped from behind by a 4-year-old tot-gone-wild.....went down flat and hard! Those tots are small and fast-like comets!

I haven't been skating this whole week, been recovering from the flu....it really knocked the wind out of my sails! I even put off practicing my flute as I get so winded, etc. I'm hoping to keep it together for Friday's group class and show rehearsal, and lesson on Sunday.

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NO KIDDING! I am a giant compared to most people in height, and I clipped the boot of one 3-4 year old girl going into a spin. It scared the crap outta me. I am uber conscious when I am on the ice...hey, this could be a good topic on the board. Talk about a time when a 4 year old took you down.

A lot of my worst bruises have come from going down on footwork. My other fear is running into people when I am doing my moves or having to try to avoid people...it just doesn't work and I tend to go down when that happens.

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^I live in fear that I'll run into somebody and injure them...especially if it's somebody who's a good skater and I just put them out of commission! Don't care so much about me--I'm never going to be even remotely a good skater and it's no tragedy if I'm off the ice for a few weeks, but...for other people it'd be a disaster!

Episode II indeed.

I broke my *other* wrist. There are no words.

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Liz! OW!!! That sucks. Hope it gets better soon! (Is that a bad sentiment to express when it comes to broken bones? I mean, it heals as fast as it heals! But you know what I mean) *signs your virtual cast*